Tonight in Music: Lucinda Williams, Wolfmother, a Tribe Called Red and Foxygen

(Woodland Park Zoo) On September 30, the great American songwriter Lucinda Williams will release her 11th album, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, and it is highly likely that fans at tonight's Woodland Park Zoo show will be treated to a few highlights of this forthcoming release. It's also highly likely that Williams will ravish the crowd with the songs with which she's been ravishing crowds for the past 25 years. The Lucinda Williams Songbook is loaded with many of the best songs ever, including but not limited to the best song ever about processing a loved one's suicide ("Sweet Old World"), the best song ever about needing physical distance from someone you can't live without ("Side of the Road"), the best song ever about missing someone while touching yourself ("Right in Time"), and the best-ever use of the past tense in a pop song ("Metal Firecracker"). DAVID SCHMADER See event info »

(Neptune Theatre) It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from Aussie psych-rock revivalists Wolfmother as cogent as their eponymous LP, which was nine years ago. Maybe it’s because they’re not even the same band anymore, two-thirds of the trio having bounced due to "irreconcilable personal and musical differences" after that debut album. Or maybe it’s because neo-psychedelia just feels tired nearly a decade after Wolfmother released. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with what vocalist/guitarist Andrew Stockdale and his current hired guns are doing. Their latest, New Crown, is an adept rock record, and the title track is a barnburner. If they can recreate the sound live, it should be a great show. But something about this prospect just seems stale. GRANT BRISSEYSee event info »

A TRIBE CALLED RED'S "POWWOW STEP"

(Barboza) A Tribe Called Red are a three-man DJ crew from Ottawa who blend elements of their traditional tribes’ (Nipissing Anishnabe and Upper/Lower Cayuga First Nations, to be specific) music with dance-floor-ready electronic, dubstep, rap, and even moombahton rhythms into what they call “powwow step.” Though these end results dangerously tread the whompy line of quality/cheesy modern-EDM stuff, it’s still as distinctive as music of this genre can be. Their last couple Barboza shows were reportedly hype outpourings of Native Pride, and this one should be no different. Just don’t wear a damn headdress or war paint to it unless your ancestors did, too. MIKE RAMOSSee event info »

WOODS' INDELIBLY ADDICTIVE PSYCH-FOLK

(Neumos) For nine years, Brooklyn psych-folk outfit Woods has operated more like a small community than a band, since founder Jeremy Earl also runs a label and oversees an annual festival. Not until their eighth album, With Light and with Love, however, has his group garnered the attention they deserve ("Moving to the Left" is among KEXP's most played songs of 2014). Adventurous New York guitarist Steve Gunn is also sure to expand his fan base before summer's end. In addition to a deep catalog, his new collaboration with free-folk legend Mike Cooper, Cantos de Lisboa, ranks among the year's finest releases. As for Los Angeles duo Foxygen? Well, you can't win 'em all (actually, they're not that bad; just avoid their interviews like the plague). KATHY FENNESSYSee event info »